Circus

Circus

A public entertainment consisting performances by acrobats, clowns, and trained animals, tightrope walkers, jugglers, unicyclists and other stunt-oriented performers.

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web long

Entertainment; Circus

Ropes hung from the top of the tent for aerialists to perform on.

A circus apparatus and name of relevant circus genre. The following two types of wire are used in wire-walker's acts: tightly stretched wire and free fastened wire (in the last case the wire tension ...

wrestling

Entertainment; Circus

French wrestling competitions enriched the performances in all the largest circuses of Europe. French wrestling was first allowed in St. -Petersburg in 1894, in the first permanent circus of Russia.

adagio

Entertainment; Circus

Adagio is a type of dance in which couples perform steps requiring great skill in synchronization, lifting, balancing, and turning. Typically displayed as two to four partners with lifts and tosses ...

aerial hoop

Entertainment; Circus

Aerial Hoop is a metallic hoop suspended in mid air, providing a showcase of grace and poise for the artist.

bike

Entertainment; Circus

Bike acts may feature acrobatic and balancing feats, and even stacking pyramids performed on a moving bicycle. Extreme/BMX bike acts perform stunts such as vertical loops.

cloud swing

Entertainment; Circus

Cloud Swing is a single web (a very thick woven fabric rope) suspended by both ends to make a swing. This act demands all the precision of movement of a Spanish web, but is set in motion much like a ...